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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Armored Against Fear (pages 135-152).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe as the "enemy of art, courageous thinking and honest writing"?
(a) Science.
(b) The Dream.
(c) Public education.
(d) Religion.

2. Who accompanied Dr. Jones to the hospital the night Prince Jones was shot?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) A police officer.
(d) Her daughter.

3. According to the author, what is the problem with defining a race?
(a) Races shift based off of who is the "beneath" and who is the "above."
(b) There is more intermarriage in a global society.
(c) There are too many variations to categorize.
(d) Race is a cultural - not genetic - term.

4. For how many years were black people enslaved in America?
(a) 150 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 250 years.
(d) 50 years.

5. How does the author describe his experience in the Baltimore public schools?
(a) Enlightening.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Safe.
(d) Hopeful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girl with the long dreads teach the author?

2. According to the author, upon what has America's progress been built?

3. What hope does the author have for his son?

4. Whose last worlds were "This stops today!"

5. Whom does the author describe as his "wedding ring"?

(see the answer key)

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